“Pete Doherty is now in hospital having the infected hedgehog spine removed from his finger,” Arthanayake said, according to the Star. “We wish Pete well because whatever has happened is serious enough that he has not been able to make it.”

According to NME, the hedgehog-related injury occurred when Peter Doherty was walking his dogs. Yesterday, Doherty tweeted that he was “in a hospital bed with an infected hedgehog spike wound.” He added today: